Tradition Quotes

What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis.

I think our sexuality is all yet to be recounted and that the rich male literary tradition constitutes a huge obstacle.

A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.

Muslims have their own traditions. The important point to bear in mind is that the whole Muslim tradition is totally and unequivocally opposed to autocratic and oppressive government. This is very, very clear.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

Whether it is the old lady’s fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual.

It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.

I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.

The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from the richness of individual lives.

It means that we share the same rules and values, and are still nevertheless different. Islam doesn’t have this idea. And Islam also has no tradition of tolerance.